Archive for May, 2016

For the first time, Illinois drivers can purchase Teamster specialty license plates for registered vehicles. Plates can be purchased for all passenger vehicles, B-trucks and vans weighing 8,000 pounds or less.

Local 727 began informing the public of the safety risks associated with Jewel-Osco’s chronic understaffing amid ever-increasing pharmacist workloads by informational picketing outside Chicago-area stores.

Teamster representatives on May 11 called out funeral industry giant Service Corporation International’s poor business practices and called on its Board to take action during SCI’s shareholders meeting in Houston.

Since Teamsters Local 727 representatives began informing the public of the safety risks associated with CVS management’s mistreatment of overworked and understaffed Chicago-area pharmacists, the union has received an outpouring of support from pharmacists and CVS customers from across the country.

TEAMSTER LICENSE PLATES

Illinois drivers can purchase Teamster specialty license plates for registered vehicles. Plates can be purchased for all passenger vehicles, B-trucks and vans weighing 8,000 pounds or less. Teamster license plates can be purchased or renewed through the Secretary of State’s website, by mail, by phone at (800) 252-8980 or by visiting a driver services facility.

TOP LOCAL 727 NEWS

Members Return to Work with Full Back-Pay and Union Benefits Five Edward Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn Express O’Hare Rosemont) shuttle bus drivers have returned to work after being unjustly laid off because of an alleged hotel transportation department temporary service elimination. Immediately upon learning of the alleged service elimination, Teamsters Local 727 requested bargaining and […]

Teamsters Local 727 hosted a barbecue for MV Transportation Chicago, Division 135 members on August 10. Many members stopped by the Local 727 barbecue tent to enjoy the grilled fare. Rita Hearns said, “This is my first day on the job and look what I came to – a wonderful welcoming. I’m glad I […]

Teamsters Local 727 and Hinckley Springs recently ratified a new five-year contract that guarantees a 2% wage increase each year beginning in 2018. The Union was successful in negotiating a five-year deal despite the company’s preference for a three-year deal. Employees will also receive a $1,000 bonus in the first full pay period after execution […]